Exercise files

- [Instructor] If you have access tothe exercise files for this courseand you can download them to your desktop,you'll end up with a folder similar to this.These are the exercise files.So if we open them up,you can see they're split up by chapter and by video,so 01_01 is chapter one, video one.So if we open up that folder,we can see we got the starting state:the begin, and then the end of the exercise.So let's look at an example.This is con_rod_advanced.This is the starting point.

Then if you want to come through to the end,this is the end state of that particular exercise.So, use the exercise files at any point in the course.You can pick a chapter and a video.You get the right file set up, ready to follow along,or, indeed, to review results at the end of it.

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1/30/2018

Before parts can be manufactured, SOLIDWORKS designers need to perform advanced stress analysis using simulations. This process is called finite element analysis or FEA. Join instructor Tony Abbey in this course, as he teaches this vital skill using the rich simulation features in SOLIDWORKS Premium 2018. Learn how to break up and mesh models, set loads and boundary conditions, and fix and re-mesh geometry. Explore the 3-2-1 and plane strain methods for measuring stress and displacement. After optimizing each design, Tony runs an analysis and compares the before and after results so you can see how the stress is reduced.